Posts Tagged ‘music’

WORLD GO BOOM! DJ EARWORM’S 2011 UNITED STATE OF POP

Some news sources out there seem to be a little dense and are not listing to the restructuring of the pop songs in Earworm’s year-end mashup. This mashup has a relevant meaning to what has been occurring with the financial system and the state of the world in the year 2011. You can refer to pop music as the “lowest common denominator” ummm Slate, but if you listen carefully to Earworm’s restructuring of these songs, you will hear that there is always a running theme in pop music that he pulls together, even in such a clear way that even mentally challenged “journalists” that regurgitate postings from blogs should be able to understand.

Beth Ditto Is Justifying The Book


Beth Ditto – I Wrote The Book

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Don’t Jump, Because…

We can’t fly! Loving this song.


Aeroplane – We Can’t Fly (Extended Drums Mix)

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Don’t Stop The Pop, DJ Earworm

DJ Earworm just released his annual mashup of the top 25 pop songs from the Billboard’s year-end Hot 100 chart.


Now that 2010 is almost over, can we be done with Ke$ha?

Metric – It’s A Sin


Loving  Metric’s version of It’s A Sin from the Pet Shop Boys.

Metric – It’s A Sin

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Bart B More Remix of Florrie’s Call 911

Apologies for the slow updates, but I have been crazy busy this summer. It is summer right? You wouldn’t know it in San Francisco. Well, I’m coming across some hot remixes that are keeping the dance floor sweaty. I promise to post more soon.

Florrie – Call 911 (Bart B More Remix)

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Dada, Obernik & Harris – Stereo Flo

This one is about a year old but still a good dance floor track.

Junkie XL Remix of Crookers’ Cooler Couleur Feat. Yelle

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Gigamesh Remix of Mike Posner’s Cooler Than Me

Mike Posner – Cooler Than Me Cooler Than Me (Gigamesh Remix)

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Lissy Trullie’s “Ready For The Floor” Video


It’s 1980s Britain again.
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Miike Snow’s “The Rabbit” Video


The song is growing on me and the video quite strange.

Kylie Minogue’s New “All The Lovers” Video


Love the new Kylie Minogue video for the first single off her new album, titled Aphrodite, coming out on June 6th. Might seem like an underwear or perfume commercial at first, but it keeps getting better.

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Tastes Like Caribou

The new album Swim, from Caribou, was released this week and although it’s a good album and reminds me a little of the Knife’s earlier work, it’s not a dance album. Dan Snaith (Caribou), talks about making the new dance album in a Pithchfork article.

I got excited by the idea of making dance music that’s liquid in the way it flows back and forth, the sounds slosh around in pitch, timbre, pan… Dance music that sounds like it’s made out of water, rather than made out of metallic stuff like most dance music does.

I like the concept, but there isn’t one track that is going to get a dance floor moving, unless it’s the end of the night and you want the floor to be moving it’s way to the door.

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Goldfrapp Bites

Actually I think Goldfrapp is great but watch the new video for Alive and you will understand.

The Phoenix Alive


Loving this electropop track and remixes from the mysterious band Monarchy.

Monarchy – The Phoenix Alive (Disco Bloodbath Vocal Radio Edit)

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Music For Space Travel

Gif animations are so retro. Three Frames from Ken Russel’s Altered States

Silver Columns – Cavalier (Time & Space Machine Remix)

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Daydreaming Playlist


It’s been a while since I put out a playlist and I wanted to share some new mixes and artists with you. A couple of songs you may have already heard, like the TV spot favorite Sweet Disposition by the Temper Trap or Miike Snow’s Sylvia, but I thought the remixes were worthy of posting.

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Uffie is the Shit!


If you’re not familiar with Uffie, you should be. Ke$ha knocked off her earlier sound, dating back to 2006, but this new track is hot and a departure from her previous work. The track ADD SUV is produced by french producer Mirwais and features Pharrell Williams. Her upcoming album titled, Sex, Dreams and Denim Jeans will be out on May 31st . The album title reminds me of those banned Calvin Klein Jeans commercials from the 90s.


Uffie – ADD SUV (feat. Pharrell Williams)

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Heartbreak and the Dance Floor

The dance floor will always cure a broken heart.

Robyn – Dancing On My Own

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Annie – Anthonio (Designer Drugs Remix)

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Scissor Sisters Can See An Invisible Light

I am digging the Stuart Price produced new track from the Scissor Sisters . I loved their version of Pink Floyd’s Comfortably Numb and the new track, Invisible Light, from their upcoming album “Night Work”, has a very Pink Floyd sound to it. I hope this is a sign of the direction of the new album.

Invisible Light-Scissor Sisters

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Kleerup’s Synth Pop


Time for some good synth-pop from Swedish DJ/producer Kleerup.
Kleerup – Until We Bleed (Feat. Lykke Li)

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I Will Have My Revenge


I will have my revenge on this Monday! FISCHERSPOONERThe Best Revenge directed by Jason Cacioppo & Adam Dugas

Another Rainy Sunday

Listening to a great remix of Bon Iver‘s Stacks by Tomas Barford while spending another rainy Sunday indoors working on some new designs.

Bon Iver – Stacks (Tomas Barford Remix)

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Midnight Juggernauts Shows Some Vital Signs

Trippy video for song Vital Signs by Midnight Juggernauts directed by Krozm. The new album,The Crystal Axis, comes out on May 28th. Is it me or are they channeling some David Bowie?

I’m Deranged – David Bowie

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Hot Chip Feels Better Now

Hot Chip must not like boy bands too much and all must be destroyed. Fun video!

Dog Days Are Over

Great video for Florence and the Machine’s Dog Days Are Over directed by Legs. I mentioned Legs video for “ I Wanna Be Your Dog” a few weeks back that was a subversive take on the casting process but this video seems to be inspired by drag queens.

Air and 70% Less Fat

Commercial for British Walkers Baked Chips or “crisps” using Air’s song Sexy Boy. It’s a little Abercrombie & Fitch meets Herb Ritts on the bus.

Air – So Light Is Her Footfall (Breakbot Remix)

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Lady Gaga feat Beyonce “Telephone” Video


This video is channeling Russ Myer, Windy O’ Williams in Reform School Girls, Natural Born Killers, and finally Thelma and Louise. What am I missing? See if you can find Gaga as her brunette self in the video. I must say, it’s pretty damn fun to watch!

“You know what they say, once you kill the cow, you gotta make a burger”  – Gaga

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Clock Opera Remix of The Phenomenal Handclap Band’s Baby


Good rework of the track Baby from The Phenomenal Handclap Band.

The Phenomenal Handclap Band – Baby (Clock Opera Remix)

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Børre Sæthre

Børre SæthreMy Private Sky (Installation)

Norwegian artist Børre Sæthre has a way with the uncanny and is heavily influenced by the sets of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey.

I thought of the piece above while listening to The Blues, which is a collaboration between Primary 1 and Nina Persson of the Cardigans.

Primary 1 ft. Nina Persson – The Blues”

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Gil Scott-Heron’s New York is Killing Me

photo by NYC photographer Rinze van Brug


This goes out to my friends in NYC. I feel your pain, that’s why I left Chicago after graduate school. Winter is just not much fun when it keeps on coming at you.

Gil Scott-Heron – New York is Killing Me

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Casiokids

Casiokids – En Vill Hest directed by Kristoffer Borgli

Casiokids is a band from Norway and I have no idea what they are singing about but they have a great electropop sound.


Casiokids – Finn Bikkjen

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Prison Penguin Remix of Jack Penate’s So Near

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Another rainy day in San Francisco and this song fits the mood. The original is a little mellow, for my taste, but Prison Penguin remixes it to perfection.



Jack Penate – So Near (Penguin Prison Remix)

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Dan Black’s Debut Album “UN” Out Today

Dan Black’s UN has it’s North American release today and it’s worth checking out. The song Goreki Fix Up My Girlfriend Some More is a blend of  Prince’s If I Was Your Girlfriend and a piece from composer Henryk Gorecki which creates a very cinematic song and is from his mixtape Weird Science.

Dan Black – Gorecki, Fix Up My Girlfriend Some More

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Alex Metric Remix of Gorillaz’s Stylo

The Alex Metric remix of Gorillaz’s Stylo has a very Hercules and the Love Affair sound while the original is a very mellow track. Their new album Plastic Beach will drop on March 9th and you can catch them at Coachella on April 19th.

Gorillaz – Stylo (Alex Metric Remix)

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Sia North American Tour

Sia announced her North American tour and will be performing in San Francisco on April 14th at the Regency but you can also catch her at Coachella on the 17th.

Sia – Breathe Me (Mylo Remix)

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Lauren Flax f. Sia – You’ve Changed (DrIkt Freddie Remix)

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Happy VD!

Acid Girls – Lightworks

Valentine’s Day that is.

Wolfgang Gartner Remix of MSTRKRFT’s – Heartbreaker (Feat. John Legend)

I’ve been listening to lot’s of music tonight getting in the mood to go out in San Francisco, so here’s another one for all the heartbreakers out there just in time for VD.

MSTRKRFT – Heartbreaker (Feat. John Legend) (Wolfgang Gartner Remix)


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Welcome Back Major Tom

Some of you might know the original Peter Schilling 1984 version of Major Tom (Coming Home) which was a retelling of David Bowie’s 1969 Space Oddity. Well now it’s 2010 and Shiny Toy Guns have given us a good version. You might recognize the song from a crappy car commercial but I won’t hold it against them, gotta make money somehow. What I wanna know is, what year they were at Burning Man when this photo was taken?

Shiny Toy Guns – Major Tom (Welcome Home) (Shiny Toy Guns Remix)


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Little Boots US Tour

Little Boots starts up her US tour in March and I can’t wait for the San Francisco show at the Fillmore on March 9th.

Little Boots – Stuck on Repeat (Fake Blood remix)

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Now I Wanna, Be Your Dog

A subversive take on the casting process directed by Georgie Greville of Legs.

Rainy Days in San Francisco are Kind of Like This Video

Well, not really but close. Raindrops video from Basement Jaxx.

Basement Jaxx – Raindrops (Doorly’s Under New Management Remix)

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Radical Friend Video for Yeasayer’s Ambling Alp

This video was directed by Radical Friend and it’s amazing. The song doesn’t do much for me.

SLOF Man Remix of Florence and the Machine’s Rabbit Heart (Raise it UP)

It’s another rainy day in San Francisco, so I thought this dubstep remix of Rabbit Heart (Raise it Up) from Florence and the Machine fit the mood.

Florence and the Machine – Rabbit Heart (SLOF Man Dubstep Remix)

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I’m in a dubstep mood today, so here are a few more mixes.

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Goldfrapp’s Rocket


I am a big fan of Goldfrapp, just not their last album. The new single is promising of things to come from the new album “Head first”. Now let’s hear some remixes please.

Goldfrapp – Rocket

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Mikey Mic Remix of Marvin Gaye & Tammy Terrel’s – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough

It’s the first Monday of the new year and I decided a remix of “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” was a good song to start the first week of the new year off with.

Marvin Gaye & Tammy Terrel – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough (Mikey Mic Remix)

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Patrick Wayne Remix of New Order’s Blue Monday

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Here’s to the last Monday of an awful decade. Goodbye naughties and good riddance! Let the celebrations begin and may the new year and new decade be full of happiness, optimism, and opportunity for all.

New Order – Blue Monday (Patrick Wayne Remix)

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Blame it on the Pop or Blame it on DJ Earworm

I blame the fact that this mashup keeps playing in my head on DJ Earworm. Not only because it’s catchy and danceable, but because I’ve been hearing it blasting from the room next to me for the last month during it’s creation. There are some truly awful songs, cough, cough, um Miley Cyrus, in the mix and Earworm was able to make them into a great mashup that’s gonna make a lot of dance floors happy come this New Years Eve. So when Billboard gives you a bunch of rotten lemons, let Earworm take the top 25 of them and make it into something amazing that will make your mouth water and your ears lust for more.

DJ Earworm – United State of Pop 2009 (Blame It on the Pop)

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Datassette Remix of Kate Bush’s Running Up That Hill

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Electro remix of Kate Bush’s classic, Running Up That Hill, from Datassette. It’s a great song to listen to while you slog through another work day.

Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill (Datassette Remix)

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RAC Remix of Reni Lane’s Place For Us

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Reni Lane – Place For Us (RAC Remix)

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Death the the Throne Remix of Noah and the Whale’s Blue Skies

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I want to drive really fast through the desert listening to this remix.

Noah and the Whale – Blue Skies (Death the the Throne Remix)

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Sky Ferreira x Skeet Skeet’s Happy Dre

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“I need a fix cause I’m goin’ down”. Seventeen year old Sky Ferreira and DJ Skeet Skeet mix it up with Sky singing The Beatles’ Happiness is a Warm Gun laid over some Dr. Dre to create a memorable song that keeps repeating in my head.

Sky Ferreira x Skeet Skeet – Happy Dre

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The XX Remix of Florence and the Machine’s You’ve Got the Love

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Florence and the Machine – You’ve Got the Love (The xx Remix)

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Hypnolove Remix of Sebastien Tellier’s Fingers of Steel

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I could imagine this song being played in the Milk Bar from Stanley Kubrick’s Clockwork Orange.

Sebastien Tellier – Fingers of Steel (Hypnolove Remix)

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Jenny Wilson’s Shoes

Stop motion animation with over 500 pairs of shoes for Jenny Wilson’s Let My Shoes Lead Me Forward video. She has performed with one of my favorite bands, The Knife, on their 2003 Deep Cuts Album and makes an appearance in their video for You Take My Breath Away.

Chuck Bucket Remix of KE$HA’s Tik Tok

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Not sure how I feel about KE$HA, she seems like a cheerleader with daddy’s credit card trying to be a bad girl. But it’s a catchy electro song and the Chuck Bucket remix takes the electro even further.

KE$SHA – Tik Tok (Chuck Bucket remix)

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Vitalic’s Kiss of Death

New Poison Lips video from Vitalic. Birds is still their best video to date.

Calvin Harris Remix of Cut Copy’s Hearts on Fire

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Calvin Harris does it again.

Cut Copy – Hearts on Fire (Calvin Harris remix)

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Designer Drugs Remix of Annie’s Anthonio

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I guess it’s a remix Monday. Here is one from a favorite, Annie.

Annie – Anthonio (Designer Drugs remix)

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LePrix Remix of Veronica Maggio’s Mandagsbarn

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Can’t get enough of this LePrix remix of, Swedish singer, Veronica Maggio’s Måndagsbarn

Veronica Maggio -  Måndagsbarn (LePrix remix)

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‘Heaven Can Wait’ by Charlotte Gainsbourg

Interesting video capturing just another day in Los Angeles from Charlotte Gainsbourg and directed by Keith Schofied. her album was produced by Beck who also appears in the video.

The United Snakes of Massive Attack

New video from Massive Attack titled United Snakes. The video, created by United VisualArtists collective, is far superior to the lackluster song.

Throwing The Knife at Darwin

The Swedish electro pop duo, The Knife, wrote music for an electro-opera about the world seen throught the eyes of Darwin. Check it out around 5:54 for classic Knife.  The set design and costumes look amazing.

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New Gugus Video

New song from Gusgus titled Add This Song.

4 Ton Mantis

An old favorite from Amon Tobin.

New Delphic Video

Beautiful video for the single This Momentary from Manchester band Delphic.

Delphic — Counterpoint

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Annie Lennox in Four and a Half Minutes

San Francisco’s own DJ Earworm just finished working with Annie Lennox on a new mashup titled “Backwards/Forwards” which deconstructs all her hits into a new single creating a new song.

End of the World Playlist

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There are some pretty amazing mixes on here including a super friendly dance floor mix of Heads Will Roll by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. “Off with your head, dance till you’re dead, heads will roll”.

Playlist

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Hot for Robots


In case you’re having some robot lust this weekend, you might want to watch the new video from the Scandanavian duo Röyksopp, titled “The Girl & the Robot” featuring Robyn, and skip the new Terminator flick; it’s as dreary and morose as a lecture from Dick Cheney. I recommend  staying home and watching the classic  Westworld instead.

The Girl & The Robot (Joakim Remix)

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Dust It Off and Jerk It

The Thunderheist video for “Jerk It”, directed by That Go, is toying with a little sexual innuendo.

Thunderheist – Nothing 2 Step 2

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I’d Love to Do Your Nails, Before Someone Gets Hurt

Tiga’s new video for “Shoes” directed by Alex and Liane. It’s as if the directors were channeling Stanley Kubrick from his Clockwork Orange days and imagining his version of a 70s talk show.

Tiga – Shoes (Spencer & Hill Remix)

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